Royals Keep Fighting and Advance to ALCS - Party Like its 1985

Notes on the upcoming Blue Jays - Royals ALCS. Game 1 will be at Kansas City on Friday night at 7:30. The last time these 2 teams played in postseason was the 1985 ALCS. Keep in mind that in 1985, MLB changed its League Championship Series from a Best-of-Five to a new and improved Best-of-Seven.

The Blue Jays got off to a 3-1 series lead - which every year from the start of divisional play and LCS in 1969 would have put them in the World Series. However, because of the new Best-of-Seven format, the Royals were still alive.

For the Blue Jays, they won both Games 2 and 4 in their final AB when Dan Quisenberry couldn't convert the save in Game 2 in extra innings and in Game 4 Charlie Liebrandt couldn't hold a 1-0 lead going into the 9th as the Jays won 3-1, to take a 3-1 series lead. For Kansas City that Game 4 loss started an amazing run of fighting off elimination that they continued last night with their 7-2 win in Game 5 of 2015 ALDS, and their 9-6 win in Game 4.

Starting with their 2-0 Game 5 win in the 1985 ALCS, the Royals have are 10-1 when facing elimination. Here is the breakdown.